Airdrie 3016 Army Cadets

As several of you heard, Heather Undershute sent the Airdrie Army Cadets Banner to the south pole this year.  Yes, literally to the south pole.  Heather writes:

“The Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station is the southernmost continually inhabited place on the planet.  Its name honors Roald Amundsen who reached the South Pole in December 1911,and Robert F. Scott who reached the South Pole the following month.

It was constructed in November 1956 to support the International Geophysical Year in 1957, and has been continuously occupied since then. It currently lies within 100 meters (330 ft) of the Geographic South Pole.  Because it is located on a glacier, the station drifts towards the pole at the rate of about 10 meters per year (about 33 ft/yr).

The South Pole sees the sun rise and set only once a year.”

Thanks to Heather Undershute and Ken Borak Air staff.  Maybe next time we can stash a few of the Airdrie Army Cadets on the plane with the banner!  Currently, the banner is in the shop getting the website address added, but it sounds like after that, she will want to ship it as far north as she can (CFB Alert).

Tags: Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Cadet Banner, Ken Borek Air, South Pole

Jean-Philippe Le Guellec was a 13-year old cadet with 660 Des Mille-Iles Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron in Laval, Québec when he developed a passion for his Squadron and learned to shoot a rifle and to cross-country ski. Over the years, he became a champion in the Cadet Program Biathlon competitions. In February 2010, 24 year old Jean-Philippe will compete for Canada in the 2010 Winter Olympics.

“I have literally been training for these Games for ten years” says Jean-Philippe. “Now that they’re close, I can’t believe how fast the time flew. I’m definitely ‘pumped’ that the time has come. And what’s more, they are home Games. It means a whole lot and it’s a bit overwhelming at the same time”.

The aims of biathlon in the Cadet Program are to promote physical fitness, allow cadets to participate in a progressive biathlon program, to act as a catalyst for a cadet fitness/sports program, to promote the safe handling of rifles and to stimulate and maintain an interest in Cadets.

[For the rest of the article, read the Cadets Canada Website]

According to the Ottawa Citizen:

In his first two races at Whistler Olympic Park, he scored best-ever results by a Canadian male biathlete. He was sixth in Sunday’s 10-kilometre sprint, improving on Steve Cyr’s eighth-place finish in the 1992 Albertville Games. In Tuesday’s 12.5-kilometre pursuit, he was 11th, erasing the 42nd by Dunrobin’s Robin Clegg in 2002.

Tags: Biathlon, marksmanship, Olympics

The Airdrie Echo posted an article about Sgt. Jayden Allum following her participation in the basic marksman course in Vernon, B.C. Sgt. Allum was recognized as top cadet of the second intake at the centre, she will now have the opportunity to represent Western Canada when cadets across Canada compete in a camp in Connaught, Ontario in summer 2010.  This summer she will get to go to Connaught, Ontario.  For more information, you can read the Airdrie Echo Article.Also, congratulations to Sgt. Brock Yates for getting Top Cadet in his general training course in Vernon.

Tags: Allum, Army Cadet Summer Camp, Cadet Honours, Connaught Cadet Camp, Vernon, Vernon Cadet Camp, Yates